The FDA just approved a new type of pain medication, and it's a non-opioid called suzetrigine that stops body pain at its root.

The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and represent the first new class of pain medications in 20 years—and the first non-opioid painkiller since that class first appeared on the market in the 1980s.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Journavx (suzetrigine) 50 milligram oral tablets, marking the introduction of a first-in-class non-opioi